Environmental Health and Safety Plan draft for Staten Island Landfill,

NYC 9/11 Public Portal Document

Staten Island Landfill Debris Disposal Operation Health and Safety Program

All conveyors shall be equipped with emergency stopping devices along their full length.

Safety devices shall be arranged to operate in such a manner that if power failure or a failure of the device occurs a hazardous condition would not result.

All exposed moving machinery parts that present a hazard shall be mechanically or electrically guarded or guarded by location.

Take-up mechanisms may be guarded as an entity by placing standard railings or fencing, and warning signs, around the area in lieu of guarding each of nip and shear point.

Guards shall be provided at points where personnel could contact cables, chains, belts, and runaways of exposed bucket conveyors.

Unless guarded by location, those sections of chain conveyors, which cannot be enclosed without impairing the function, shall be provided with warning signs or personnel barriers.

At all points along the conveyor, except at points where loads are removed from or placed on a conveyor or where a conveyor discharges to or receives material from another conveyor, provisions shall be made to eliminate the possibility of loads or material being dislodged from the conveyor.

Access" Whenever conveyors pass adjacent to, or over, work areas, protective guards shall be installed. The guards shall be designed to catch and hold any load or material that may fall off or become dislodged from the system.

Where conveyors are operated in tunnels, pits, and similar enclosures, ample room shall be provided to allow safe accessway and operating space for all personnel.

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